Time Management

One day a time management expert was speaking to a group of business students. As he stood in front of the high powered achievers he said, "OK it is time for quiz"

The man pulled out a one-gallon wide-mouthed mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them one at a time into into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no other rocks would fit inside, he then asked , "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said "yes" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He then dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing the pieces of gravel to work down themselves into the space left between the rocks. Then he asked the class once more: " Is the jar full?" "Probably not" one of them answered. "Good" he replied.He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping some sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question" 'Is this jar full?" "No" the class shouted. Once again, he said "Good" Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.

At this point he looked at the class and asked,"What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, " No matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it" "No" the speaker replied, " That's not the point" The truth this illustration teaches us is: "if you don't put in the big rocks first, you will never put them in at all.

REFLECTION

What are the big rocks in your life? They may be the needs of your family/children, your education, your dreams,etc. Remember to put them in first or you will never put them in at all.

Many thanks to Larry Whitecomb.